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AMA votes to recognize obesity as a disease

Jun. 20, 2013 - 06:49AM JST ( 0 )

In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association voted this week to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it. The association voted on the measure at its annual meeting in Chicago. The… Read

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More patients getting lab-grown body parts

Health Jun. 19, 2013 - 06:19AM JST ( 1 Comment )

By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better chance at surgery. Her cystic fibrosis was… Read

HIV drug can also protect injection drug users

Health Jun. 17, 2013 - 06:10AM JST ( 0 Comments )

Doctors should consider giving a daily AIDS drug to another high risk group to help prevent infections — people who shoot heroin, methamphetamines or other injection drugs, U.S. health officials say. A similar recommendation is… Read

Diet change boosts survival chances for men with prostate cancer

Health Jun. 15, 2013 - 05:51AM JST ( 1 Comment )

Men who ate more healthy fats from vegetables, nuts and olive oil after a diagnosis of prostate cancer saw better survival rates than peers whose diets were unchanged, a U.S. study says. The findings in… Read

Needle cuts sensation of pain by up to 20%

Health Jun. 14, 2013 - 06:00AM JST ( 5 Comments )

For those of you who are a little on the squeamish side when it comes to needles and injections, there’s some good news that might just make your anxiety a thing of the past. The… Read

Plant-based diets take root in U.S. among athletes, exercisers

Health Jun. 13, 2013 - 06:00AM JST ( 3 Comments )

For Brendan Brazier it all started with a smoothie. The former Ironman triathlete and ultra-marathon champion said he decided to change to a vegan diet as a high school athlete hoping to turn professional. "I… Read

U.S. to allow morning-after pill for girls of any age

Health Jun. 12, 2013 - 06:04AM JST ( 8 Comments )

The Obama administration will comply with a judge's order to allow women and girls of any age to purchase emergency contraception, ending its efforts to restrict the drug's availability. The reversal on the politically sensitive… Read

Obesity surgery-diabetes study shows pros and cons

Health Jun. 11, 2013 - 05:08AM JST ( 0 Comments )

Obesity surgery worked much better at reducing and even reversing diabetes than medication and lifestyle changes in one of the most rigorous studies of its kind. But the researchers and others warn that possible serious… Read

Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices

Health Jun. 10, 2013 - 06:12AM JST ( 6 Comments )

Psychiatrists are developing a system that can help people with schizophrenia control and sometimes silence the tormenting voices in their heads by confronting a computer avatar of them. In a pilot study of 16 patients… Read

Sunscreen slows skin aging, if used often enough

Health Jun. 09, 2013 - 06:09AM JST ( 2 Comments )

New research from sunny Australia provides some of the strongest evidence to date that near-daily sunscreen use can slow the aging of skin. Ultraviolet rays that spur wrinkles and other signs of aging can quietly… Read

Fittest U.S. cities take exercise publicly and personally

Health Jun. 08, 2013 - 06:00AM JST ( 2 Comments )

U.S. cities that provide parks, walking trails, playing fields and running tracks are setting standards for the country's healthiest urban areas and showing that if they build fitness opportunities, residents will come. A new ranking… Read

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AMA votes to recognize obesity as a disease

More patients getting lab-grown body parts

HIV drug can also protect injection drug users

Diet change boosts survival chances for men with prostate cancer

Needle cuts sensation of pain by up to 20%

Plant-based diets take root in U.S. among athletes, exercisers

U.S. to allow morning-after pill for girls of any age

Obesity surgery-diabetes study shows pros and cons

Avatars help schizophrenia patients silence tormenting voices

Sunscreen slows skin aging, if used often enough

Fittest U.S. cities take exercise publicly and personally

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